Italy

As the Premier League fizzles out in mundane fashion, British bettors are turning their attention to the dramatic finish in Italy, after Kalidou Koulibaly’s last minute header injected new life into the Serie A title race. Oddschecker revealed that last Sunday’s crunch tie between Napoli and Juventus attracted eight times more betting interest than the Milan derby from earlier in …

This April, the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM), the government body overseeing Italy’s gambling regulatory policy has published the list of new enterprises seeking to join the regulated Italian online gambling market. From a sports betting standpoint, out of the 45 applicants seeking to qualify for Italian online gambling licences, the two stand-out operators are legacy online bookmaker …

Industry virtual sports content supplier Inspired Entertainment has moved to expand its existing relationship with leading Italian bookmaker SNAITECH. Updating the market, Inspired details that it has upgraded the retail and digital virtual sports content of SNAITECH properties. The upgrade sees Inspired’s popular ‘Mike Tyson Boxing’ title released across SNAITECH’s Italian retail estate, in addition to the release of bespoke …

GameArt, the slot game developer for the online and land-based gaming industry, has announced that its slots content is now available via iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform (GAP), with Italian and Romanian brand Netbet already live with its games. Longstanding partners, iSoftBet and GameArt have agreed for GameArt content to be made available through GAP, which boasts more than 1500 slots …

Expanding industry social responsibility provisions, the Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato – AAMS, Italy’s lead regulatory body for gambling/betting services has launched it’s consumer ‘Unique Self Exclusion Registry’ (self-exclusion programme). The programme forms part of the ‘Digital Gaming Observatory’ research foundation, supervised by the Politecnico di Milano (Milan Technology University) and is further supported by Italian state financial auditor SOGEI. …

Major industry supplier Playtech has pulled off an audacious move with an agreement to purchase Italian bookmaker Snaitech. The initial deal will see Playtech acquire 70.6% of the operator after which it will be compelled to make a mandatory takeover offer for all the remaining shares. Commenting on the transaction, Mor Weizer, Chief Executive Officer of Playtech said: “The acquisition …

March 2018 has been a fruitful month for Italian online casino stakeholders, setting a new industry revenue record of €60.6 million, Italy’s highest trading figure to date. The Stars Group’s Italian PokerStars property maintains its position as top Italian online casino securing a marketplace revenue share of 9%. However, PokerStars.it is closely followed by legacy casino incumbents Lottomatica and Sisal, …

Italian engagement with Virtual Sports betting products is on the rise, as latest industry figures show that gross gaming revenues (GGR) have hit the €42 million. A traditional retail product, Virtual Sports has gained a positive uptake through online betting platforms, as Italian betting operators move to expand their betting content. In the first two months of 2018, bookmakers have …

A tech-savvy Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet) dominated Monday’s industry headlines reporting stellar half-year results. Focusing on the in-house development of its platforms and systems, combined with rich data for greater personalisation of its website and mobile verticals, Sky Bet continues to show its technology pedigree against the industry’s legacy incumbents. City analysts are keeping a close eye on …

Italian bookmakers and wider industry stakeholders are making adjustments to the daunting reality that Russia 2018 will feature no Azzurri! For the first time since 1958, there will be no Italian representation at a FIFA World Cup tournament. Italy now faces a summer of soul searching for its downtrodden Calcio, as business analysts estimate a + €1billion hit for the …